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Article: A yen for Zen; Japan's quiet, understated garden traditions exert a powerful pull on many Minnesota gardeners.(HOME & GARDEN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 19, 2005
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Byline: Kim Palmer; Staff Writer
The seeds of Larry Cipolla's future garden were first planted in his mind 40 years ago, on the island of Hokkaido. Cipolla, then a young Air Force sergeant, was stationed near a temple with a Zen garden. At first it didn't make much of an impression.
"All I saw was rock and some evergreen," Cipolla recalled. In its simplicity, it looked "a little low-rent." But he got into the habit of walking through the garden. And eventually, its quiet, understated beauty began to speak powerfully to him.
"It was peaceful," he said. "You weren't assaulted by color."
Cipolla, now an Edina-based leadership consultant, ...